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...natural gas to Western Europe. "The U.S. will never support democrats in Azerbaijan because of their oil interests," says Guluzadeh. But Azeris might start to demand more democracy if oil revenues do not trickle down. The country is listed as one of the world's most corrupt by the Berlin-based Transparency International. "The average citizen is very suspicious of the government," says a Western official in Baku, who did not want to be named. "But if the oil wealth is not distributed, you will see people wanting a change...
Despite the tangible presence of reminders of the Third Reich all over Berlin - from the bullet-scarred buildings near the Reichstag to the converted Wehrmacht communications headquarters in which my daughter's school is located - its tragic history is, at the same time, oddly invisible. Depictions of Adolf Hitler and Nazi symbols are mostly outlawed in Germany, and it remains something of a taboo to mention him in day-to-day conversation. So, it has been a bit of a shock in recent days to see posters plastered on subway walls advertising Mein Fuhrer, a new film about the German...
...Even before the film opened in Berlin this week, it had sparked a huge debate in the German commentariat. Critics attacked it for making light of Germany's past. They questioned the idea of humanizing Hitler, even as a pathetic loser, and of treating the Holocaust in a comedy. Rolf Hochhuth, 75, the prominent German dramatist who , coincidentally, is now staging his own play about Hitler, condemned the movie for "tampering with history." Even the film's lead actor, the popular comedian Helge Schneider, admitted he now regrets doing the film. Adjustments in the editing suite focused the film...
...directing our China coverage. Our Beijing bureau chief, Simon Elegant, was born in Hong Kong, has degrees in Chinese history and language, and has written two novels about China. Bill Powell, who lives in Shanghai with his wife, a native Shanghainese, was formerly Newsweek's bureau chief in Moscow, Berlin and Tokyo and FORTUNE's man in Beijing. Hannah Beech, another fluent Chinese speaker who was born in Hong Kong, recently moved from Shanghai to Bangkok but will continue to report on China's influence throughout Asia. Adi Ignatius, a TIME executive editor who helped produce this week's package...
DIED. Vincent Sardi Jr., 91, savvy owner since 1947 of Sardi's, the popular New York City theater- district restaurant; in Berlin, Vt. Known as the Mayor of Broadway, he made the eatery a hospitable, clubby home not just for Broadway directors and stars,whose caricatures adorned the walls, but also for struggling actors, whom Sardi often seated near producers looking to cast shows...